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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
the sections being tiered one upon the other, as 
hereafter described. This arrangement also provides 
for an exceedingly simple and secure method of 
glazing. The glass [gl, gl^ C), lying against the top 
and bottom, is held in place by the sides. The 
addition of strips of gummed paper makes the package 
as complete and portable as can be desired. So 
cheaply are the sections turned out, that the whole 
honey-case, including glazing and full-sized foundation, 
will scarcely exceed one penny in cost. 
The box just described, when properly filled, holds 
about ilb. of comb honey, and eight can be just 
fitted into the Langstroth frame, so largely used in 
America, while six of them can be placed together 
in the compass of the British standard. Its capacity 
seems also to have better suited public fancy than 
those that are larger, and so other makers, in con- 
sequence, in introducing new forms, have retained, 
in many instances, the size first ‘ adopted by Mr. 
Root — viz., a box qjin. square outside. 
Folding or one-piece sections are now most 
generally used. These are made, preferably, of white 
poplar, and, like their predecessors, travel admirably 
in the flat. Their peculiarity lies in their folding at 
three angles, and dovetailing, as before, but at one 
angle only. In order to make bending to a right 
angle possible, V-shaped grooves {vg, vg^ Fig. 105), are 
cut by machinery, almost dividing the wood. These 
grooves, after folding, appear as a mitre (F), where b 
indicates the point of bending. Some prefer the flat 
plough joint, E. The wood, especially if dry, is likely 
to break during the bending process ; but this may be 
